Monday, April 30, 2012

Thank you for stopping by! This week we let every writer pick the flowers they wanted to write about. Daffodils was an idea but no one was restricted to that. Here are this week's stories. Click on the writer's name to go to their story on their blog.

Glancing at the address Kaleb had scrawled on a
slip of paper before leaving yesterday morning, Paisley checked the house
number one more time. While she wasn’t totally familiar with this area of New
York, the directions he’d given her were easy enough to follow.

Billy never left the hospital. He spent the evening in the small waiting room down the hall
from Alexandra’s room. Leaving the
hospital wasn’t an option. God
forbid anything happened to Alexandra, he wanted to make certain he was only
seconds away.

She prided herself
for being in good shape, but nothing could prepare her for the strenuous rowing
expedition she just pulled off. She worked harder than the brief time she had a
fitness trainer yelling at her, another get-in-shape-fast scheme that didn’t fare
well

She saw color creep up his neck for the first time
and it made her smile.

KHARISMA RHAYNE(Contemporary Military Erotic Romance)"Military Measures" It seemed like forever while I stood with my hands just resting on his body. I heard a car zoom down the street and screech to a stop, likely forgetting the stop sign that was newly placed there.LEE ANN SONTHEIMER MURPHY (Contemporary Romance)"Something Borrowed, Something Blue"Without a sheer, gossamer veil edged with lace or a long white gown, Tina’s wedding day arrived on schedule. The
sun peeked over the eastern horizon into a soft blue sky with just a
few puffs of cloud and rose into glory to shine over a green landscape
blooming with flowers.KAREN CINO(Contemporary Romance)The police car pulled away
from the front entrance of the emergency room. Billy took a deep breath, grateful that he wasn’t taken out
of the hospital in handcuffs.

From the table inside the coffee bar Ice Queen had
a clear view of the hotel’s front entrance. The abduction of Ashleigh’s
partner, if that’s what he was, had been so smooth no one had raised any
alarms.

Margaret Beaumont opened the door of the old Buick
roadster and slid inside. She stared at the bewildering array of levers, knobs,
and gauges spread out before herMORGEN BAILEY(Fiction)"Appearances Can Be Deceptive"Sitting outside the bank
isn’t your idea of fun. They said they wouldn’t be long but whenever Ernie’s
involved you know his clock works differently to everyone else’s.

Hooking my leg over the post, I watched – no correct that - I stared as my BFF’s brothers, all four of them were washing off in the horse trough, their torsos bare, but looking sexier than sin in jeans and hats. Did they notice me – not likely!

LEE ANN SONTHEIMER MURPHY (Contemporary romance)"The Manning Brothers on the Flying A Ranch"Bare skin glistened in the summer sunlight and heat radiated off four male torsos. Elise braked the car and stared at the luscious sight, the best thing she’d seen all day.

Janice had no idea how hot it would be the day of the photo shoot. She had protested from the start, although she needed the money. She was a landscape photographer and now because of funds she was taking pictures of half-naked cowboys for a new record label.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Welcome! Thanks for stopping by. This week our writers wrote their stories to the word prompt "airport". Please click on the name of the writer to go to their blog and read their story. We hope you'll join us every week.

LEE ANN SONTHEIMER MURPHY(Contemporary romance)"Terminal Love"Her heels tapped out a rapid rhythm over the polished floors of the Tulsa International Airport as Tina hurried toward the gate where Nick should soon arrive. She dressed up for the occasion, wanting to look beautiful for him although she wouldn’t care if he got off the plane in dirty khaki and worn boots.SHERRY GLOAG(Contemporary Romance)The low-slung morning sun cast its faded glow over the frosted boughs of the surrounding trees. Rosie couldn’t believe it. The previous day the temperature soared into the high teens, and now, the following morning, she’d woken to winter in the middle of summer.

MORGEN BAILEY(Fiction)"Cocoon"It’s the one place you dread. Psyche yourself up so much that you feel sick before you get on the plane. If you liked alcohol more you’d get drunk but then you know that would make things worse.MICHAEL CHARTON (Fiction)Several weeks ago, a Pilot needed a Pilot, when he had a meltdown and the Jet Blue plane had to land in Amarillo, instead of Vegas.

LINDSAY DOWNS (Sensual mystery)“He’s on the move,” Ice Queen whispered into her cell phone.“We’re all set at this end. He’ll be bagged and tagged before he knows what hits him,” Jeff answered back.RAWIYAS(M/M Erotic Romance)“Yeah I know what you’re saying…I’m crazy!” Still at the airport, I stared out the window, starry eyed, wishing I was back in Hawaii.

STEFAN ELLERY (Sci Fi)The crabs stripped Paul of his Earth made clothing and and sprayed him with scented steam. Another ran fine toothed claws through his hair straightening it out.

Alexandra went into surgery and Billy was escorted into the waiting area where the two officers were sitting, having a cup of coffee waiting for him. With everything going on, he had totally forgot about the interrogation squad waiting for him.

SELAH JANEL(Urban Fantasy)The open air stung a bit as it pushed over Cassandra’s tender scales. While her wings took some getting used to, she found that flying wasn’t as intimidating as she’d assumed.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Tara closed the door to her room. Her palms were a little sweaty. She looked at the beads of moisture there and laughed at her own nervousness.

MORGEN BAILEY(General Fiction)SiestaYou can’t help staring at his chest. Only a mammoth has more hair than Eddie. It’s the only thing you dislike about his body so you close your eyes and think of proverbial England… the country of your birth… the country you miss, despite everything you have here.

The ship made a clanking sound and he could hear the pressure of air being released. The lid to his compartment opened up with a hiss and one of the metallic crabs reached in with it’s over sized claw and pulled him out.

“It wasn’t nearly as bad as it looked,” Ellie explained to Miranda the following morning. The two friends had taken their coffee out onto the balcony and were relaxing in deck chairs. “It scared the wits out of me, I’ll admit, but --

"Will she be okay?" Sabrina asked Henry nervously. It had been 3 days since Katriana had spoken, eaten or even moved. Had it not been for the rise and fall of her chest Sabrina would have thought her to be dead.

Jake rolled over and spooned in behind his husband, listening to the tempo of Cade’s breathing increase. Married for two years, Jake was just as turned on by Cade today as he was the very first time they’d kissed.

When Paisley pulled free of his embrace, Kaleb wanted to scream, to yell, or even pound his chest at the interruption. He’d been given a glimpse of heaven to only have it ripped away by a nosy doctor. Mumbling a cuss word or two under his breath, he turned and unlocked the door, determined to brazen it out.